【校本研修作业】+宋冰/郸城县才源高中

Unit6 Warm-up and Lesson 1 A Matter of Taste

Teaching aims: 1. To know some famous painters in China as well as in foreign countries.

2. To know several different kinds of painting arts

3. To know some factors of paintings.

4. To do some listening exercises

5. To know deeply about painting culture.

Important points: 1. To know some famous painters in China as well as in foreign countries.

2. To know several different kinds of painting arts

3. To know some factors of paintings.

Difficult points: 1. To know several different kinds of painting arts

2. To know some factors of paintings.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1: Introduction

Get the students to look at the top of the page. They will get to know the

objectives of this unit. Ask them:

1) Which do you think is the easiest?

2) Which do you think is the most difficult?

3) Which are you most interested in?

T: Some topics of this unit are very difficult to understand, but we can’t give up. Believe me, believe yourselves. Believe that we can pull through. Remember the saying? Difficulties are just like springs. You are weak, and they will be strong. So don’t be afraid of the difficulties. Ok?

Sep 2: Lead-in

1. How many pictures can you see on this page?

2. Are these pictures drawn by people or taken by cameras?

T: Usually the pictures drawn by people are called paintings or drawings. Today let’s discuss some famous paintings and some painters. There are many different kinds of paintings.

Material: canvas, watercolour, brush drawing, painting in fresco.

Style: realistic, abstract, pop, modern, classical

Subjects: portrait, self-portrait, landscape, drawing from nature

Step 3: Description[

Look at the paintings and describe them with the words given.

Eg: A---- It’s very frightening painting. The lines and shapes are squre and hard. They show violence and pain. We can see the horse and the mother with her dead child. It is Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor’s painting.

B----- It is called Improvisation 28- Wassily Kandinsky’s painting. It is an abstract painting. It is hard to understand.

C----- The painting is called A bigger Splash- David Hockney. It is a realistic painting of scenery with bright colours and clear shapes.

D----- It is called Mona Lisa- Leonardo da Vinci, a Italian artist and painter.

His paintings are characterized by vivid colours and analogies to music.

Step 4: Do Ex 3 at P35.

Listen and identify the paintings

Step 5: Discussion

In pairs, students discuss the paintings, saying which they like most. Assist students, writing any words they want to know on the board.

Step 6: Homework

1. Word Corner at P79.

2. Make preparations for Lesson One.